A look at "Kin" by Tayari Jones, "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai, and more.
Three novels, three very different journeys, each shaped by longing, secrecy, and the possibility of reinvention.
Start the year with reads by notable authors: a Booker Prize winner, a National Book Award finalist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a recipient of the National Humanities Medal.
As the new year rings in, here are a variety of titles that made appearances on 2025’s “Best Books” lists.
Recent good reads.
Good reads.
It’s been 12 years since Chimamanda Adichie’s last novel, “Americanah” introduced readers to her exploration of migration and the Americanization of an African woman.
“Heartwood” is a taut, resonant thriller about a woman who vanishes on the Appalachian Trail, 200 miles from her final destination.
The barbed memoir focuses on her six years as global public policy director at Facebook, offering an insider account of the company’s rapid expansion and lack of sound policy-making.

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